Earth Day and Arbor Day in cartoons

https://www.diversetechgeek.com/earth-day-arbor-day-cartoons/

New post: Noteworthy anniversaries of Black cartoon characters in 2025.

https://www.diversetechgeek.com/noteworthy-anniversaries-black-cartoon-characters-2025/

#LumiAndTheGreatBigGalaxy (PILOT ANIMATIC)

While deities discuss a looming threat, a festival is going on for a world of aliens. But a shooting star causes a mess at the fest'. But, a new friend is made in the commotion.

A pilot meant for pitching to TV. This one is sci-fantasy focused on younger chars. Great animatic work, w/ some completed scenes. Great voice work. And interesting story.

CW: blood (i guess?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LFxTrjoQQI

In today's case study, Olivier Tardif shares how he reworked Arts Corporation's site to make animations useful—not frustrating—while tackling everything from scroll freezes to autoplay sliders.

Dive into the technical details of his latest project, it's really worth a read!

Read it here: https://tympanus.net/codrops/2025/04/22/designing-for-flow-not-frustration-the-transformation-of-arts-corporation/

When you are trying to finish your animation...but your mind gets distracted!

Animated commission for Unclear!

Der 22. April ist der 112. Tag des gregorianischen Kalenders (der 113. in Schaltjahren)

https://loma.ml/display/373ebf56-1868-075d-b800-ac7994921127

I uploaded a very low-resolution VR test for my roller coaster animation to YouTube, here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=PhhNL4h0_P0

It's pixelated and chunky, but you definitely still get a good sense of motion as you watch!

WcDonald's: Wisdom of the Sauce (Ilya Kuvshinov / Pierrot) | Catsuka

3 girls are transported to another world by the power of fast food. They are made magical to pursue a quest to find the secret of the sauce.

So, upfront, this is a macdonalds commercial. But it is animated by Studio Pierrot. Quite beautiful and well done. And if you can watch with your media literacy on, it might be pretty cool.

https://www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-04-19/wcdonald-s-the-wisdom-of-the-sauce-ilya-kuvshinov-pierrot

Student Accomplice (2024) [5 min] by Spencer Baird | #USA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM5pBgfEhP4

You’ll See Star Wars in the Movies
Remember the days when a handful of live-action Disney Plus shows were planned? Well…
https://www.dcgameblog.com/2025/04/youll-see-star-wars-in-the-movies/
#Animation #Movies #Television #Andor2022 #Disney #DisneyPlus #Lucasfilm #StarWars #StarWarsMaulShadowLord

If you’ve never seen #Floor796, prepare to be amazed. A single artist, in their free time, has been creating an enormous, tile-based animated #GIF filled with all manner of characters from all manner of media. They’ve just added a new tile today. #animation #art #creatives #ZeroAI https://floor796.com/#t2l4,203,949

From: blenderdumbass . org

Until yesterday I thought that street lights was impossible to make, so I was trying to find some kind of other ways to brighten up the frame at night, so at least it would be visible, but yesterday I stumbled upon something that might work.

Read or listen: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/why_night_scenes_in_video_games_are_so_hard_to_make_right_

On #AnimationObsessive on substack. 'The Hand' animated by Jiří Trnka's studio in Czechoslovakia (at the time) which will turn 60 in a few months. It remains an international political stop-motion masterpiece — as (or more) relevant now as it’s ever been.
Never surrender.
https://animationobsessive.substack.com/p/revisiting-one-of-the-greatest-stop
#animation #StopMotion #art

Meghan Markle accused of copying author with Netflix show https://www.inbella.com/1011478/meghan-markle-accused-of-copying-author-with-netflix-show/ #Animation #authors #books #CelebrityNews #Children'sShows #copyrights #MeghanMarkle #netflix #plagiarism #Royal #RoyalFamilies #RoyalFamily #RoyalGossip #Royals #RoyalsGossip #tv

Ernie Hudson has been tapped to take over the voice work for Combat Carl in "Toy Story 5", replacing the late Carl Weathers who provided the voice for TV special "Toy Story of Terror!" and 2019's "Toy Story 4".

#TheWildRobot is a stunning wild ride of great visuals mixed with one of the most amazing life lessons. I should have watched it in theaters!

#movie #Movies #review #reviews #drama #NowStreaming #Animation

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